Snow plow or scraper



(No Model.)

W. B. J ONES. snow PLOW 0R SGRAPER.

No. 509,811. I Patented Nov. '28, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. JONES, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

SNOW PLOW OR SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,811, dated November28, 1893.

Application filed February] 8, 1893. Serial No. 462,910- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. J ONES, a citizen oft-he UnitedStates,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Logan, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow Plows or Scrapers;and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved snow-plow orscraper, the closed position and one of the expanded positions beingshown in dotted lines, while one intermediate expanded position is shownin full lines in this view. Fig. 2, is an inside face view of one of thewings of the snow-plow or scaper, and an outside face view of the otherwing of the snow-plow or scraper, the parts being disconnected. Fig. 3isa detached view of the adjusting bar for regulating the spread of thewings of the snow-plow or scraper. Fig. 4 is a detached View of the heador nose of the plow or scraper, the braces m, one of which is shown inFig. 1, being omitted; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the front portionofone of the wings of the plow or scraper provided with the hinges bywhich the front ends of said wings are connected with the head or noseof the implement. it

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings A designates the heador nose which is made in the form of two sides of a triangle inhorizontal section and is recessed at ff' in its upper end near its rearvertical edges, and is recessed also in its lower end, at f tocorrespond with said recesses f Upper and lower cross-pieces, or stripsm are fitted in the recesses f f to brace and strengthen the head ornose A of the plow or scraper and give it greater stability in use. TheWings D,

D are of board and are preferably covered with sheet metal to prolongtheir usefulness, but the metal covering is not essential in mostinstances, as the device is a hand device, and is pushed along by hand,the inclined handle 0, p, n being connected to the rear ends of thewings. for this purpose.

The spreader K comprises two parallel boards 2' of about the same widthas the wings D, D, said boards being connected at about the middle oftheir length with a crossbar j vertically disposed, and being providedat their ends and on the under faces of said boards 2' t' with rabbets kwhich fit upper and lower flanges extending along the length of theboards D D. The wings increase in width from their front to theirrearends, so that the snow may be the more readily turned as the plow orscraper is pushed forward through the snow. Where sheet metal coveringis used frames only are provided, which are braced by vertical braces 01d, and the metal is secured in any suitable manner to the longitudinaland vertical braces. The wings, hinges e, and head or nose of thescraper or plow are connected by screws, so that the wings can beexpanded and contracted at pleasure by moving the adjusting bar. Forlight work only a single adjusting bar 2' is used, but it is preferableto use the two connected bars 6, as they do not materially increase theweight or the cost of the structure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with the tri-angular shaped head, notched and providedwith the braces m, of the rearwardly extending wings hinged to saidhead, and the movable adj listing-bar consisting of the cross-barj andthe bars '5, said wings being provided with handles for propelling theplow or scraper, substantially as specified.

. WILLIAM B. JONES. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. 00X, E. A. PERKINS.

